They were Brianna Evans from Oak Park High School and Matthew Howerton from North Kansas City High School. Both recipients rank in the top 10 percent of their class, hold a grade-point average of at least 3.7, have completed upper-level courses and have participated in extracurricular activities and community service.

Liberty School District

Chemists compete:

Five students were honored by the Kansas City chapter of the American Chemical Society.

Recognized for their scores on the national chemistry exam were Chris Vlamis and William Xiao from Liberty High School and John Barry and Lizzy Soper from Liberty North High School. They will advance to a second round of chemistry competition. More than 80 students from the Kansas City area took the exam.

Renna Yi of Liberty High school won the high school student of the year award for outstanding performance in chemistry.

Park University

Summer internships:

Ten-week internships have been awarded to students interested in public affairs.

Northland interns are Kasey Anderson, a graduate of Park Hill South High School; Michael Baharaeen, a graduate of Winnetonka High School; and Rosemary Loehr, a graduate of St. Pius High School.

The internships are a partnership between the university’s school of public affairs and Coro Kansas City, a nonprofit leadership development organization.